Antibacterials Flashcards
3 classes of cell wall inhibitors + 5 subcategories
b-lactams
- Penicillins
- Aminopenicillins
- Cephalosporins
- Monobactams
- Carbapenems
Glycopeptides (Vancomycin)
Daptomycin
Cell wall inhibitor MOA
Bind to PBP —> no D-Alanine removal
= inhibit synthesis peptidoglycan wall
Mechanism of resistance to b-lactams
B-lactamases
Difference between benzathine, procaine, and sodium G penicillin
Benzathine: IM, more effect duration 1/mo.
Procaine: less pain, more effect duration 1/day
Sodium: fast and short
Probenecid function
Increase duration of penicillin by decreasing excretion
3 penicillinase-resistant drugs
Naficillin
Oxacillin
Dicloxacillin***
Dicloxacillin main indication
Staphylococcus skin and soft tissue infection
Rare (IV): endocarditis, osteomyelitis
Main side effect of penicillins
HYPERSENSITIVITY
Others: AI hemolytic anemia, interstitial nephritis
Indications for penicillin
Strep or staph
- Strep throat
- Rheumatic fever
- Viridans endocarditis
- B strep neonatal prophylaxis
- Actinomyces
- C.perfringens
- Pasteurella
- T.pallidum syphillis
Which penicillin is IV, which is oral?
Oral: V
IV: G
ONLY gram negative covered by penicillin
Neisseria meningitiditis —> meningitis
Cell wall inhibitors are bactericidial or bacteriostatic?
Bactericidial
Which MOOS are already mostly resistant against penicillins?
S.aureus
S.epidermiditis
4 aminopenicillin drugs
Ampicillin
Amoxicillin
Piperacillin
Ticarcillin
Main drugs for MRSA (3)
Vancomycin
Daptomycin
Linezolid
B-lactamase for each aminopenicillin
Amoxi + clav
Ampi + sulbac
Piper + tazobac
Ticar + clav
Which has broader spectrum: penicillins or aminopenicillins?
Aminopenicillins, they include some more gram -
Amoxicillin administration and indications (4)
ORAL
Strep throat
RTI: s.p, h.i, m.c
H.pylori
Borrelia lyme’s
Ampicillin administration and indications (3)
IV
Anaerobic: enterococcus**can be resistant
Listeria meningitis
E.coli GI and UTI
______ should be used as prophylaxis for s.p and h.i in a patient with asplenia. Also before dental procedures if endocarditis risk.
Amoxicillin
In what case to give piper-tazo or ticar-clav instead of other aminopenicillins?
PSEUDOMONAS
Hospital-acquired pneumonia or sepsis - serious
Aminopenicillin side effects aside from hypersensitivity
Liver injury amoxi
Steven-Johnson’s sx
Rash if EBV infection
B-lactam with broadest spectrum
Carbapenems
Carbapenem medications (hint: iMED)
Imipenem
Meropenem
Etrapenem
Doripenem
Which carbapenem is given with CILASTATIN to inhibit its degradation in renal tubules?
Imipenem
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Carbapenems
Carbapenem administration and indications
IV
Anaerobic intra-abdominal
Pseudomonas
Meningitis
Which resists broad-spectrum b-lactamases: monobactams or carbapenems?
Carbapenems
Dangerous carbapenem side effect
Lowers seizure threshold
Monobactam medication name
Aztreonam
Aztreonam administration and indications
IV or IM
Gram - aerobic rods
IF ALLERGIC TO PENICILLIN
Pseudomonas
Meningitis, pneumonia or sepsis
UTIs
What type of drug is vancomycin?
Glucopeptide
Vancomycin MOA
Binds to D-alanine and transpeptidase can’t cut it
B-lactamases are inefficient
Vancomycin administration and indications
IV
Empiric for endocarditis1st
MRSA*1st
Meningitis with ceftriaxone
S.epidermiditis
Which bacteria is resistant to vancomycin?
Enterococcus
Turns D-ALA to D-LAC
ONLY oral administration of vancomycin is for:
C.difficile
4 vancomycin side effects
Red man sx: histamine
Thrombophlebitis
Oto/nephrotoxic
DRESS sx: eosinophilia
It’s important to monitor plasma levels of:
Vancomycin
Daptomycin MOA
Insert lipid tail to depolarize cell wall
Daptomycin is used for (2):
Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus
MRSA*****1st
Which antibiotic can’t be given in pneumonia because its inactivated by surfactant?
Daptomycin
Daptomycin main side effect
Myopathy
Monitor creatinine phosphokinase (CPK)
1st gen cephalosporins
Cephalexin
Cefazolin
Cephalothine
(Tip: all “ph” instead of “f”)
1st gen cephalosporin indications (4)
Gram + (strep or staph)
- strep throat
- cellulitis and abscess
- PEK UTIs: proteus, e.coli, klebsiella
- surgical prophylaxis
Which generation of cephalosporin is used for surgical preparation?
1st gen
Which cephalosporin is used for MRSA
5th gen - ceftaroline
Which cephalosporin is used for pseudomonas?
3rd: ceftazidime
4th: cefepime
2nd gen cephalosporins
Cefuroxime
Cefoxitin
Cefotetan
2nd gen cephalosporin uses
RARE
HENS gram - : H.i, Neisseria, Serratia
3rd gen cephalosporins
Ceftriaxone
Cefotaxime
Ceftazidime
3rd gen cephalosporin uses
Meningitis H.i - triax, taxi
Pseudomonas - tazi
Viridans
GI gram -
Sepsis empiric
Gonorrhea IM
Lyme’s
What is ceftriaxone given in combination with to treat Listeria?
Ampicillin
Cephalosporins don’t work versus:
Enterococcus
4th gen cephalosporin and uses
Cefepime
Pseudomonas
Meningitis